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TAW-94273  /  MBI (Metal Box International) (Franklin Park, IL)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 01/22/2017
Filed Date: 10/24/2018
Most Recent Update: 12/27/2018
Determination Date: 12/27/2018
Expiration Date: 01/22/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,273

MBI (METAL BOX INTERNATIONAL)
AN AFFILIATE OF EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 24, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of MBI (Metal Box International), an affiliate of
Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc., Franklin Park, Illinois
("MBI"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of tool chests, cabinets, and other storage
systems and industrial furniture.
The investigation revealed that on January 22, 2018, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of tool
chests and cabinets from China. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of MBI. That firm was publicly identified by
name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was published
in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018, which is within
one year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MBI (Metal Box
International), an affiliate of Edsal Manufacturing Company,
Inc., Franklin Park, Illinois, engaged in activities related to
the production of tool chests, cabinets, and other storage
systems and industrial furniture meet the requirements of
Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of MBI (Metal Box International), an
affiliate of Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc., Franklin
Park, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from that employment on or after January 22, 2017, through
January 22, 2019, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 27th day of December 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance